Mangroves are full of mud and mosquitoes and other mucky stuff, right? Wrong. Mangroves are beautiful. Here are mangrove photos from Kulamba River, off the Kinabatangan, Sabah.Recent warning say that the world’s fish stocks will be depleted in 40 years. … Continue reading
I am writing this on the plane to Kuala Lumpur. I feel as if I have just emerged from a refugee camp…the low cost airline terminal In Kota Kinabalu is being rebuilt from the ground up, and it is pure … Continue reading
Thought I would give you all a rest from swampy photos (for a bit) and show this instead. Isn’t it lovely? The best, most special moment in an author’s life is to hold in their hand the first copy of … Continue reading
A Tale of a Frog and a Snake(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) There I was, a four-striped tree-frog, minding my own business in a tree overlooking the research tent of the Kulamba camp – until along came a striped-tailed racer. … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) I have been to the rehabilitation centre in Sipilok, where they take young or captive orangutans and try to return them to the wild. They do good work. They’ve also been doing it for decades … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) Yep, I have a thing about fungi now. Here’s a cicada corpse. My perverse husband rejoices in these things. This insect was infected with a fungus growth that sent it mad. Something in that fungus … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) We two birders leave at dawn, sneaking out of camp before breakfast. It is the perfect time on the river. We encounter a roost of Black-Crowned Night Herons, and suddenly the air is filled with … Continue reading
(Expedisi Kulamba, Universiti Malaysia Sabah) The camp has twenty-one people, researchers, lecturers and assistants and university students. We are aided by boatmen from the village, glad enough to earn more than they can get from fishing. [Me, and some students, … Continue reading
Expedisi Kulamba Universiti Malaysia Sabah I am back – safe and sound. I think. And the 9 days away, cut off from so-called civilization now seem surreal. We travelled from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan by bus, crossing Borneo from one … Continue reading
I had an email from a reader of this blog who asked about themes. (Thank you Ink Paws!) Do I consciously write a book around a theme? Or is the use of themes by writers – as some of her … Continue reading
